Residents and property owners in Sabon Lugbe Southwest area, Lugbe, Abuja, are seeking President Bola Tinubu’s intervention following the demolition of 50 duplexes in an estate approved by the Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS). The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has been at the center of controversy in recent times, with allegations of collaborating with…
President Bola Tinubu will return to Abuja from the United Kingdom on Sunday. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement he released on Saturday night, titled ‘President Tinubu returns to Abuja from an official trip to China after a stopover in London.’ Onanuga stated that Tinubu “will…
Abuja, Sept 3 – A high-level dialogue on financing Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG-5) in Nigeria was held today at the Wells Carlton Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja. The event, organized by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs in collaboration with UN Women, brought together policymakers, development partners, and stakeholders to…
Demonstrators on Monday, stormed parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to protest the lingering fuel crisis in the country. The protest follows the recent admission by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited NNPC Limited that it is indebted to suppliers, a development it acknowledged is hindering regular fuel supply. The protesters chanted solidarity songs and…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has once again disrupted another public event in Abuja, this time claiming it was organised without her permission. The incident occurred just 22 days after a similar disruption on August 8, 2024, where she had intervened in an event titled “Unveiling the Power of Women and Food Security,”…
In pursuit of a clean, green and sustainable Anambra envisioned by Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR. Mr Commissioner of Environment Engr. Dr Felix Odimegwu visits Federal Ministry of Environment Abuja at Green Building, Mabushi, Abuja He stated that the alignment with the key personnel’s, Environmentalist in the upper echelon is to help strengthen, boost and…
After a brief period of calm, protesters have once again taken to the streets in the Federal Capital Territory, reigniting the demonstrations that began on August 1. The protest, which was temporarily halted due to raids on residences and the arrest of organizers, is now actively underway and is expected to culminate in a one…
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kenedy-Ohanenye, on Thursday, disrupted an ongoing event in the Federal Capital City of Abuja, accusing the organiser of impersonating the ministry. In a one-minute video posted on the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, #TheICIR, the minister disclosed that the…
Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing #Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin. Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. The Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement,…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has issued a ruling imposing significant restrictions on the August 1 hunger protest against the federal government, limiting the demonstration to the MKO Abiola stadium, also known as the National Stadium. This decision was made in response to concerns about potential violence and disruption of public peace,…
